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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 5723988" data-attributes="member: 32740">It sounds so hip to say, &quot;I'm a DM who says 'Yes!' to his players.&quot;&nbsp; The fact is that my answer is now, and always will be, entirely dependent upon the actual request.&nbsp; I don't want to say &quot;yes&quot; by reflex.&nbsp; That wouldn't be doing my job because players should NOT always get what they want.&nbsp;Now admittedly, too often in the past I have denied even quite inconsequential requests for far too selfish reasons or without good reasons at all.&nbsp; That's something all DM's have to come to grips with because the position we are in is one of being the guy who DOES have to say &quot;no&quot; a lot if the inmates aren't to run the asylum.&nbsp;I think that &quot;saying yes&quot; is less a matter of training yourself to accede to player requests than of giving DUE consideration to ideas for the direction of the game beyond your own.&nbsp; Yes, the DM has the LAST word (by right, privilege and necessity) - but that doesn't mean his is the ONLY word.&nbsp; Saying &quot;yes&quot; is about removing your blinders, not about giving away the store.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 5723988, member: 32740"] It sounds so hip to say, "I'm a DM who says 'Yes!' to his players." The fact is that my answer is now, and always will be, entirely dependent upon the actual request. I don't want to say "yes" by reflex. That wouldn't be doing my job because players should NOT always get what they want. Now admittedly, too often in the past I have denied even quite inconsequential requests for far too selfish reasons or without good reasons at all. That's something all DM's have to come to grips with because the position we are in is one of being the guy who DOES have to say "no" a lot if the inmates aren't to run the asylum. I think that "saying yes" is less a matter of training yourself to accede to player requests than of giving DUE consideration to ideas for the direction of the game beyond your own. Yes, the DM has the LAST word (by right, privilege and necessity) - but that doesn't mean his is the ONLY word. Saying "yes" is about removing your blinders, not about giving away the store. [/QUOTE]

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